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The Neil Patrick Harris High-Wire Act, also known as the 87th Oscars, has gained some major star power. Three-time Oscar-winner Meryl Streep and Oprah Winfrey will be presenters during the Feb. 22 telecast on ABC. Streep, a nominee for a record 19th time, is up for "Into the Woods." Winfrey, who previously received the academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, is a nominee as producer of "Selma." The Oscar presenters also include nominees Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Imitation Game"), Marion Cotillard ("Two Days, One Night") and Reese Witherspoon ("Wild"). The four acting winners from last year will present: Matthew...

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The Neil Patrick Harris High-Wire Act, also known as the 87th Oscars, has gained some major star power.
Three-time Oscar-winner Meryl Streep and Oprah Winfrey will be presenters during the Feb. 22 telecast on ABC.
Streep, a nominee for a record 19th...

Clint Eastwood, Angelina Jolie and Bradley Cooper were snubbed in the Golden Globe nominations, which suggest it will be a "Birdman" vs. "Boyhood" race for the Oscars.
Eastwood, Cooper and their "American Sniper" were...

NBC is going all out for the Golden Globes.
The network offers a preview special at 10 p.m. Friday, a red-carpet special at 7 p.m. Sunday and three hours of awards at 8 p.m. Sunday. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host for the third consecutive year.
The...

Critics' favorites "Boyhood" and "Birdman" are among the top contenders in nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Ensembles from both films will compete with the casts of "The Theory of Everything," "The...

NBC's "State of Affairs" suffers a double whammy out of the gate.
Premise and casting doom the series, which debuts at 10 p.m. Monday. This, the final new series of the 2014 fall season, is a major disappointment.
The drama focuses on...

Mike Nichols' life was a study in endurance.
The celebrated director, who died Wednesday at 83, started off his Hollywood career with two groundbreaking works. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1966 shook up the prim film industry with...

What to give that binge-watcher on your holiday list? Gifts of Blu-ray or DVDs will help fans catch up on the most-buzzed-about television programs these days. Consider:
•"The Roosevelts: An Intimate History" is one of Ken Burns' best. The...

Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson will be among the performers at the Concert for Valor on Veterans Day, HBO announced Tuesday.
The concert on the National Mall in Washington will feature the Black Keys, Eminem, Dave Grohl, Jessie J, Metallica, Rihanna, Bruce...

The week's highlights include the "Castle" wedding (finally), the last "Blacklist" on Monday, a "Voice" expansion (it's the November sweeps!) and a "Shark Tank" celebration.
What's ahead:
The Top 20 perform on...

There have been promotional photos and a teaser trailer for Disney's upcoming film "Into the Woods," but until Wednesday, Johnny Depp's portrayal of big bad Wolf has been kept under wraps.
One of four Entertainment Weekly holiday...

Ten weeks from today is New Year's Eve, and you're going to see a lot of Top 10 film lists and year-end prizes in those weeks.
In a very smart move, the Oscar folks have lined up Neil Patrick Harris as host. He wowed the Tonys and the Emmys, and he...

Steve Martin, who received an honorary Oscar last year, is getting the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award this year.
Sir Howard Stringer, chair of the institute's board of trustees, announced the selection Friday.
Martin will be the 43rd...

This weekend, you'll get the return of broadcast TV's finest drama, a glitzy concert and one of the sexiest hours ever put on television. The weekend highlights:
1. "The Good Wife," 9:30 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Note the late start, which could be...

Dear Joan Rivers,
You didn't get Meryl Streep crying in five accents. But Audra McDonald and Hugh Jackman singing at your funeral on Sunday?
That's better than anything you asked for in your book "I Hate Everyone ... Starting With Me."
The...

As widely rumored, Tony-winner James Corden will become the new host of CBS' "Late Late Show," succeeding Craig Ferguson.
Corden, a 36-year-old Brit, takes over next year, the network announced Monday.
It's an inspired choice, as anyone who...

She won the Oscar, and now she decorates People's Most Beautiful cover.
Lupita Nyong'o is having a big year.
There was no contest about this year's pick, People editorial director Jess Cagle told NBC's "Today."
"I'm flattered, but...

The Garden Theatre's 2014-15 theatrical season will offer a Stephen Sondheim musical, a provocative drama, a sexy farce, an original Christmas musical and the classic children's story "Peter Pan." The theater, located in downtown Winter...

Meryl Streep likes big, challenging roles, and she will tackle one of the biggest: opera legend Maria Callas.
Streep will star in "Master Class," an HBO film of the Terrence McNally play about Callas' classes for singing students.
Oscar-winner...